Name: Roderick Skinner
Age: 77
Age when diagnosed: 44
Condition: Triple bypass and replacement of defective (congenital) aortic valve with a mechanical
heart valve.
How has having a heart condition impacted on your mental health?
The…
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Name: Susan Manley nee Millard
Age: 66
Age when diagnosed: Before 1 year old
Condition: Three holes in the heart and faulty Tricuspid valve
How has having a heart condition impacted on your mental health?
We were the experimental…
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Read an Extract from Izzy's original post... My Open Heart.
I started to walk faster, legs shaking, and sheer panic overtook my entire body. As fast as my shaking legs could take me, I stumbled down the escalator of Oxford Circus station, attempting…
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Hearts & Minds: Supporting the mental health of congenital heart patients
We very much hope that you will be able to join us for our Annual Conference which this year will be held in Liverpool. Our focus for this conference is on mental…
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Mindful relaxation: using our imagination to soothe ourselves and de-stress.
14th March 2019 - ECHO Office, Canterbury House, 1 Royal Street, London SE1 7LL
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Places must…
Cultivating self compassion.
Compassion is the concern for pain and suffering, whether our own or someone else’s and, most importantly, the desire to relieve it. Compassion can be given to yourself or others. Generally we are very good at…
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Setting Challenges as Motivation
There are many things my heart is beating for – friends, sports, travelling, horses… The list goes on, but what I have come to realise since my last open heart surgery is that the most important thing is…
We are working with service providers and relevant stakeholders to improve health care provision. On our behalf, as our voluntary Scottish Campaign Manager, Dr Liza Morton sits on NHS Scotland’s Scottish Congenital Cardiac Advisory Board &…
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Here are some options you can explore to find counselling and psychological support near you.
Youth Counselling Services: Based in your local area, sometimes run by the local authority or by a charity. These vary across the country and…
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Anxiety is part of life and a feeling we all experience. A little anxiety can help us perform well at tasks and can bring about a heightened alertness that can be useful in situations where we might need to take care of ourselves. Too much anxiety…
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Mindfulness is a mind-body approach that has become popular to help people manage anxiety, stress, recurrent depression, pain and long term medical conditions.
Mindfulness has its origins in Buddhist and Eastern Traditions drawing on meditation…
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NIGHTRIDER™ GLASGOW 2019
Date: 22/23 June 2019
Distance: 50km or 100km
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After the success of the inaugural Glasgow Nightrider in May 2018, the iconic charity bike ride is
returning to Scotland in 2019. You can be a part…
Last chance to join our team
NIGHTRIDER™ LONDON 2019
Date: 8 / 9 June 2019
Distance: 50km or 100km
Nightrider is celebrating its 10th anniversary in London 2019, and you can be a part of this special
cycle challenge! Taking place throughout…
The Newcastle Freeman Hospital department of Paediatric and Adult Congenital cardiology serves a UK region of just under 3 million people (5% of the total UK population). All congenital abnormalities are recorded on the region’s NORCAS (Northern…
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How to find counselling & support services.
Reasons for thinking about this might be because you would like space to talk over concerns or feelings related to having congenital heart disease or because of other life issues. This is a…
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I have been taking the drug warfarin since I was just six months old. I'm now 23, and when I tell people I take warfarin, they are sometimes confused and shocked. Why would a seemingly healthy 23 year old woman be on a drug commonly associated…
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"acquiring" other conditions
This is the second of two articles Written by Dr Leisa Freeman, Consultant GUCH Cardiologist, and Toni Hardiman, Specialist GUCH Nurse GUCH Clinic Norfolk & Norwich University NHS Hospital. These articles…
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From a patient perspective, the concept of being involved in clinical research may be daunting, disconcerting, and unsettling but, equally, it can be rewarding to have the opportunity to increase the knowledge of how best to manage their condition.…
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Written collaboratively by Jonathan Upton, adult congenital heart patient and Helena Francis, Adult Congenital Heart Clinical Nurse Specialist at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Perhaps these words are familiar to you.…
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Written by Jo Quirk, Cardiac Nurse Specialist at Leeds General Infirmary
A transthoracic echocardiogram (commonly known as an echo) is a scan of the heart using a machine, a probe and gel. The probe is placed on the chest wall and ultrasound…
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Since the first diagnosis of congenital heart disease, medical care and treatment have advanced, and many patients are living longer and healthier lives into adulthood and old age.
All adults living with a heart defect should talk with a…
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Now closed, NHS England proposals for congenital heart disease services consultation
In February 2017, NHS England as the public body responsible for commissioning specialised congenital heart services, launched a consultation to ensure excellent…
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Adult Standards Advisory Group
This is writing a set of standards for the NHS in England which more clearly defines the care which should be provided for adults with congenital heart disease. It has representatives of all the national medical…
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DONATE TO THE BIG SIX CAMPAIGN
Thank you for joining our fight against congenital heart disease.
The Somerville Foundation (TSF) has always worked hard to improve the lives of people who were born with a heart condition. We have a vision…
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Campaigning in Scotland
We are working with service providers and relevant stakeholders to improve health care provision. On our behalf, Dr Liza Morton sits on NHS Scotland's Scottish Congenital Cardiac Advisory Board & their working group…
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Roderick's Story
Susan's Story
Izzy's Story
Growing Older with a Heart Condition - Manchester 1st June & London 20th July 2019
Forest Bathing - the restorative power of nature
Annual Conference 2019 Liverpool
Press Refresh - Mindful Relaxation
Compassion it
Heart Month
GUCH News Issue 92
Campaigning in Scotland
Counselling Support for Children and Young People
Relaxation tracks and more for you to try out
Ways into Relaxation
GUCH News Issue 91
So What is Mindfulness?
GLASGOW Nightrider 2019
LONDON Nightrider 2019
Data leads the way
How to Access Counselling and Psychological Services
My life on Warfarin
Getting older with CHD - Part 2
Clinical Research for Congenital Cardiology
You need an MRI scan of your heart
What is an Echo
Managing Your Heart Condition
NHS England proposals for congenital heart defects services consultation
Ensuring the Best Standards of Care
Big Six Research
Campaigning in Scotland